This week, we creep one step closer to the holiday season, as events start to move indoors and holiday lights get bright. If you’re fond of facial hair or seasonal brews, there’s an event for you, or if you dig bluegrass, alt-folk, or electronic music, it might be your chance to catch a show.

Boston is spoiled when it comes to choices in excellent live music, which can be found literally every night of the week. And Cambridge and Somerville — the unofficial local home of blues, folk, bluegrass, and more strummy old-time tunes — offer some very tasty treats indeed. Here are some of the more notable residencies you can catch on this side of the river throughout November. More